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Thursday, February 02, 2006Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control have created a prototype of an avian flu vaccine that could hold significant promise for use in an influenza pandemic. The vaccine — made by engineering a human cold virus to produce a protein made by the H5N1 flu virus — would likely be quicker to make than standard flu vaccine, induce a better immune response and could be made without reliance on eggs, the researchers said in a study rushed to print by The Lancet, a prominent medical journal. Influenza vaccine experts unrelated to the work praised the study, but noted as yet the vaccine has only been tested in mice. Will they be able to use the technique to make a regular influenza vaccine, too? That would truly be a breakthrough. posted by Sydney on 2/02/2006 08:22:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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